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by R.J. White | CBSSports.com
"Pretty good," Werth told the Post after the game. "Been a couple weeks since I’ve been out there but a step in the right direction."
Werth is hoping to get three at-bats Thursday.
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Marquis has just five more strikeouts (29) than walks (24), and has given up 1.47 home runs per nine innings, all signs that he simply will not continue this kind of success. His secret formula so far has been pretty simple; despite allowing 1.35 base runners per inning, four out of every five are being stranded. That is much higher than his 70.4 percent career strand rate, or the 66.3 percent mark he posted a year ago.
Marquis is also enjoying an unsustainably-low .234 batting average on balls in play. So much of Marquis' success has been out of his hands this season, and that simply cannot prove sustainable. I do not expect Marquis, who had a 5.15 ERA in his previous three seasons, to keep this kind of performance up.
by Ed Gauna | CBSSports.com
A pair of errors led to Toronto putting up a five-spot in the first before the right-hander permitted all of his earned runs the following frame. He gave up an RBI single to Jose Bautista before surrendring a two-run homer to J.P. Arencibia.
Vogelsong, who threw 64 pitches, also walked two and struck out one while taking his fourth loss. He has an 8.06 ERA through eight starts.
The 35-year-old is scheduled to pitch next on Monday against the Nationals.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
The outfielder drove in a run in the second inning with an RBI single to center. He added an RBI double in the third. Bautista scored twice and is batting .262.
Bautista has recorded two hits in four straight games and is 8 for 15 (.533) over that stretch with two homers, seven runs and five RBI. He's up to nine homers and 22 RBI with 23 runs.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
The catcher went 2 for 5 in the game and took starter Ryan Vogelsong deep for a two-run shot in the second inning. He added a single and scored twice in the game. Arencibia is batting .236.
The 27-year-old had been 0 for 12 in his previous three games. He's up to 10 homers, 20 RBI and seven doubles.
by Ed Gauna | CBSSports.com
Grilli also struck out one while earning his 16th save.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
Lind finished 2 for 4 with two RBI. He added a walk and is batting .286.
The 29-year-old Lind has hit in four straight games. He's gone 11 for 27 (.407) over his last eight games with three homers and five RBI.
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by Ed Gauna | CBSSports.com
The left-hander had little trouble with Milwaukee over his first six frames and surrendered a solo homer to Rickie Weeks in the seventh for his lone damage. He threw 63 of his 97 pitches for strikes and lowered his ERA to 3.25.
Rodriguez (4-2) also struck out five and walked one.
His next start is scheduled for Tuesday against the Cubs. When Rodriguez faced Chicago on April 3, he worked 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a win.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
He was able to cruise to victory for his first win of the year as he improved to 1-1 over three starts. Ortiz allowed just one earned run, coming on a Pablo Sandoval sacrifice fly in the first inning. Otherwise, the Giants could not score off him over 100 pitches. He gave up six hits and walked one with one strikeout.
Ortiz, 39, was a bit shaky in his first start of the season on April 17 against the White Sox. However, he started May 10 at Boston and allowed just one run over five innings in a loss. He's given up just two runs over his last 12 innings and has impressed manager John Gibbons.
The Toronto rotation has been hindered by injuries with J.A. Happ and Josh Johnson both on the shelf. Ricky Romero has been unable to find the strike zone consistently. Because of that, Gibbons must keep turning to Ortiz, MLB.com reports. His next start should come Monday or Tuesday against Tampa Bay.
"One thing about Ortiz is he competes; he's been around. He knows what this level of baseball is all about," Gibbons said. "He relies on hitting his spots and getting a lot of ground balls like he did the other day. If he does that, he should be effective."
